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    Over The Garden Wall was removed from the Internet Archive and got pulled from some streaming services and reinstated on one… now is a great time to watch it if you still have access.

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      I hate that every fucking media company/distributor thinks they need their own fucking streaming service.

      I remember when Netflix was actually amazing, so many movies and shows, docos, and now they have all been moved and Netflix is a piece of shit company funding some asshole making true crime a dramatic untrue retelling (Menendez brothers, and others).

      And now shits being removed from the net. Enshittification ugh

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    22.5 hours to ten days of CAT. I must tidy up the house a bit for her - so she has more nests to sit in. And avoids the pots where plants died and it’s all just dried up potting mix.

    Oh, and there was so much gardening I wanted to do before she arrives, because I can’t have her escaping via the balcony, but I don’t think I’ll get to it in time… so she might have to be shut off in a bedroom for a couple hours when I get around to it. Though at the rate I’m procrastinating it might only get done after she leaves.

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      You must really be looking forward to soxcat if you’re counting it down to the hour.

      I hope you get many snuggles and cuddles from the kitty.

      Tomorrow I think it going to be a really nice day but you might not have time to get it done tomorrow before she arrives.

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    habitually socially oblivious auntie at work sits down at my two person table and then has a conversation in a language i dont know with a person two tables away

    am having dinner

    what do

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    Getting set up for the night.

    See if I can remember how to do it. Has been a while. Looks to be clear skies though.

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    Sometimes I like to leave myself little notes in my notepad on my phone when I have a brainwave, here’s an example of a recent one.

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    I’m loving these longer, warmer days. I can already feel the SADs melting away

    My mental health had been absolutely fucked the last few months, but even generally, I tend to end up in little depression episodes during winter time, with the short and wet days and constant grey skies

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      The sun being up when I wake up and get home is a huge plus. Short days aren’t great for the ol’ depresso

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    I had to visit a client on site today.

    There’s a lot to be said about being well dressed and how it makes you feel.

    Not in a vain way, just feels good.

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    Got the results from my blood test today and suddenly a lot is starting to make sense AND there may be a way to turn things around for both my physical and mental health. Feeling optimistic. I got the medical cannabis (from online doc not doc doc, a while ago) to try and help with the sads but found it doesn’t really do anything of consequence for me so I have a bunch of weed that I’m not super interested in. Although, the indica does help with getting to sleep when I can’t get to sleep which is its purpose so that’s alright.

    Also though, apparently my sugar is a little high so they want me to do a 3 hour glucose resistance blood test thing to see if I have the diabeetus (like my Dad does). My levels are nowhere near the levels Dad gets though so we’ll see.

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    Found some (I presume) a few male ‘Superb fairy-wren’ tail feathers when weeding before:

    Lots a fluff around so something went down (probably resident magpie having a go at it). Apparently a common bird but I never really see them (or found their feathers).

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      There’s a small colony of them in the central Agora of the Bundoora campus of Latrobe Uni. They live in the azalea bushes. When I worked in Heidelberg Heights, I’d go to the Agora and just sit there with a coffee until they appeared. Beautiful.

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      The only time I’ve seen a male Superb Fairy-Wren was at the 1000 Steps, when I was a teen. Also saw a wallaby there too, it’s a magical place.

      Their feathers are so beautiful - how big are the tail feathers in the pic?

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        Tiny about 5cm. When you turn them around in the sun they change colour to a more aqua / green which was interesting.

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    I’m hungover. No ragrets going last night. I didn’t get up, but everyone was so welcoming anyway, they all said hello and asked about me 😭 I’m thinking of getting up next time and reading Unsent, but I hope to write something a bit less “trauma poetry” haha

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      So good, and definitely get up there next time! Your talents have been kept to us for too long haha.

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        It was this one yeah?

        I could not sleep, awakened afraid
        Under the covers, I begged, I prayed,
        For dawn, or death, for sleep to come
        But mercy ungranted, I knew I was done.
        For I committed a most awful crime
        One for which we’ve all done time
        Exactly the same or slighty changed,
        Have we all made this same mistake?
        I went to Woolies to buy a snack,
        The cashier smiled, I smiled back
        Items scanned, transaction completed
        She said the words that have me defeated
        Smiles and waves, “Enjoy your coffee and snack!”
        “You too!” I regretfully cried back
        Unthinking, unblinking, mid-step away
        I died there, in Woolies, that very day.

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    Morning full of meetings, only two left this afternoon.

    Sun is shining. Going to do a kitchen declutter later. Gonna be a good day